John Mills
John Mills is the majority shareholder and chairman of UK household goods company John Mills Limited (JML).
Career
Mills formed John Mills Limited in his basement in 1986 and owns 70percent of the business.[1]
He is also a former Parliamentary candidate, standing twice in the UK in 1974 and for the European Parliament in 1979, a Labour councillor in Camden from 1971 to 2006, deputy chairman of the London Docklands Development Corporation form 1985 to 1987
He is currently the secretary of the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign, Labour Economic Policy Group, vice chairman of the Economic Research Council, co-chairman of Business for Britain and chairman of the £ Campaign.[2]
Political donations
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
| Date | Name of donor | Amount | Donated to | Subsidiary (parties only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2005 | John Mills | £1,300.00 | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras CLP |
| 01/10/2005 | John Mills | £500.00 | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras CLP |
| 30/09/2006 | John Mills | £1,232.00 | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras CLP |
| 31/12/2006 | John Mills | £800.00 | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras CLP |
| 06/07/2007 | John Mills | £5,300.00 | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras CLP |
| 31/12/2007 | John Mills | £1,200.00 | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras CLP |
| 31/12/2008 | John Mills | £1,200.00 | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras CLP |
| 31/12/2009 | John Mills | £3,200.00 | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras CLP |
| 23/01/2013 | John Mills | £1,647,500.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 05/10/2013 | John Mills | £2,172.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 09/06/2014 | John Mills | £9,172.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
The Financial Times reported in March 2015 that Mills has donated a further '“five-figure” donation' in the run up to the 2015 General Election - but 'has warned that the party does not have the money to fight a second contest if there is a hung parliament'.[4]
Education
Family
- Brother: David Mills. Married to former Labour MP Tessa Jowell and was involved in a bribe scandal with Silvio Berlusconi.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Louise Armitstead Rich, private school, Oxford. Meet John Mills, Labour's biggest donor Telegraph, 15 September 2013, accessed 2 March 2015
- ↑ John Mills Huffington Post, accessed 2 March 2015
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 2 March 2015
- ↑ Jim Pickard Labour’s top donor warns on UK election gridlock Financial Times, 9 March 2015, accessed 9 March 2015
